Chile: Train Collision Kills At Least 2, Injures 9 On ‘Test Run’

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A crane lifts one of the two trains that collided in the commune of San Bernardo, in Santiago on June 20, 2024. (Photo by JAVIER TORRES/AFP via Getty Images)

OAN’s Brooke Mallory
10:20 AM – Thursday, June 20, 2024

Just outside Santiago, the capital of Chile, a train carrying passengers crashed head-on with another train during a test run on Thursday, resulting in at least two fatalities and nine injuries.

The cause of the collision, which completely stacked one on top of another from the opposing train, is now being investigated.

The other train had 10 workers running a speed test, while the eight-car freight train, carrying 1,346 tons of copper, was also filled with passengers, according to the state rail corporation.

The two victims have not been named by the authorities.

Four Chinese nationals were among the nine injured, and they are being treated at medical facilities close to the crash site in San Bernardo, Chile.